The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 393 The Most Challenging Action Scene

Whether it was "The Walking Dead" or "Aquila Warrior", Chen Jingxing didn't pay much attention to it.

Even for the publicity work of "The Martian", he just listened to the report hastily, and then returned to the road built in the suburbs of Baozhou again, preparing for the last action drama of "Matrix II".

His return to Beijing this time is mainly to review the finished film of the company's next sci-fi animated drama "Special Mobile Team" and to track the production progress of "Kung Fu Panda".

"Kung Fu Panda" is an animated film that DreamWorks is scheduled to release during the Spring Festival next year.

"The Return of the Great Sage", "Kung Fu Panda" and "Wall-E" are the focus of Mo's work in the past few years. Mo has no ability to produce these 3D animation films at the same time. It is only now that manpower has been drawn out to officially start production, and it is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

Judging from the current progress, it is going well. After all, the script and storyboards were completed at the same time as "The Return of the Great Sage". After Mo concentrated resources, the production progress is not slow. It should not be a big problem to meet the audience on the first day of next year. .

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One short and one long expressway with abrupt ends is like a snake located in a deserted place, the asphalt at the end is not yet dry, surrounded by high walls on both sides, and an overpass bridge is erected on it.

There is a three-story building next to the road.

"I wonder how long it will take to get from there to - here at such a fast speed?"

"Well, at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour, you can travel through it in 50 seconds."

Chen Jingxing and a group of people gathered around a table in a crowded room.

There are huge models on the table.

It is the model of expressway and overpass.

Chen Jingxing was gesturing on the road with a small mini car, and asked the stunt director who was specially invited from Hollywood for this scene and was known as an expert in car chases.

The film industry cannot be established by a single company. DreamWorks has a limited production of film and television dramas, and there has never been such a level of car chase action drama in the past, so naturally it cannot cultivate top stunt directors.

Even if it is cultivated, it will be useless for heroes. After filming "Matrix II", you will have to drink northwest wind. There are not many domestic projects that need to shoot large-scale car chase action scenes, even if hundreds of movies can be produced a year.

In the final analysis, this car chase scene in "Matrix II" is indeed unprecedented before.

It was a big fight.

On one side are the captain played by Bao Shengming, the heroine Jiang Xian played by Yan Xiaoyue, other awakened people, and the "locksmith" they protect.

One side is a Gemini multi-threaded virus dispatched by another powerful program in the matrix that is specially used as a garbage collection program. This virus will replicate itself into two or more processes when it is running. When you find it, if you close or delete one of its processes, it will immediately replicate itself into another process. If you want to kill it, you must delete it at the same time, which is called immortality.

The last party is the new man in black.

There are still dozens of cars driving on the highway at the same time in the background.

Not only are there many vehicles and many people chasing and participating in the battle, but the three parties are not ordinary people, either awakened humans, programs or viruses.

It is a comprehensive action scene of a three-party car chase scene plus inhuman combat.

In addition to explosions, car crashes, rollovers, and gun battles, the games and fights of the three parties must also be taken into account.

According to the script and the design of the storyboard, the fighting scenes include physical chases on the highway with cars passing by, jumping and running fights between vehicles, someone being hit and hitting the vehicle, and the vehicle overturning and even exploding. And of course fights on huge container trucks.

Although many dangerous actions have action doubles, and even have to be shot in front of the green screen and then synthesized into the movie, but the cars running on the highway, the intense car chase scenes, and the scenes of the overturned cars all need to be realistic. shot.

The complexity and difficulty can be imagined.

The danger is also incredibly high.

The more complicated the scheduling, the more prone to problems, dozens of cars and so many actors, the location and scheduling of the performances must be set and rehearsed in advance.

Which car should be set in advance at what time and where.

Even if it can be shot in sections, it is also a headache.

A rehearsal requires dozens of vehicles and hundreds of people.

Even the actors are a little scared.

The scenes in the car are all performed by real actors. The speed of the vehicle is very fast during the chase, and it is getting faster and faster. During the period, there are some overtaking scenes. The two cars are close to each other. In addition, there is a Russian jib in front— —A shooting vehicle with a gyro-stabilized rocker system.

In some car chase scenes, the car is actually placed on a pallet, and the car in front pulls the pallet away, and the camera only shoots the upper part of the car body on the pallet and the actors in the car.

But in this scene of "Matrix II", except for Yan Xiaoyue's scene of riding a motorcycle, this method will not be used in other car chase scenes.

Although the drivers were stunt drivers, in fact the drivers of dozens of cars were all stunt drivers. For this reason, Chen Jingxing hired some from South Korea and Hollywood, so it took a lot of time just to communicate.

But the actors sitting in the car can't help being afraid.

It is also the first time for Chen Jingxing to film an action scene of this scale. Compared with this one, the road chase scene in "Matrix I" is nothing compared to this one, and he can only feel it.

Fortunately, the budget is very loose, and there is a surplus. You can ask the top stunt directors in Hollywood to use money to push them to come up with a design plan. It can take time to explain the whole process to every stunt worker and actor involved in the shooting, and you can equip the stunt drivers. Safest protective equipment.

He can practice again and again. Trucks and cars have completely become consumables for him. Sponsors are unwilling to supplement them, and he has money to purchase them.

The "Matrix II" budget is indeed quite generous.

In this way, this low-martial action scene in "Matrix II" took more than half a month to finally finish filming.

However, the more difficult it is, the more sense of accomplishment the main creator and crew members including the stunt director will feel after the completion.

The stunt director from Hollywood even said that this is the most challenging job he has encountered in his career, and even tweeted his feelings about the shooting of "Matrix II".

It has aroused the attention of many domestic and foreign entertainment media. After all, this is a rare inside news about the strictly confidential "Matrix II".

Of course, the most fundamental reason is that DreamWorks spends money very happily. With a lot of money, difficult jobs become "challenging jobs."

"Director, is there any action scenes like this in "Matrix III"?"

After the film was finished, Chen Jingxing changed from the king of the studio to the "friendly" boss, and Yan Xiaoyue was able to express the pain she had suffered these days, complaining endlessly in front of Chen Jingxing.

Yan Xiaoyue and Bao Shengming, who plays the captain, can be said to be the most tortured actors in this action scene.

Over and over again walking, rehearsing, coupled with the hot climate, the temperature did not drop significantly until the past two days. This is definitely the hardest scene they have ever filmed.

Bao Shengming also jokingly said: "Director Chen, my old arms and legs may not be able to bear this kind of fight again."

Bao Shengming was not an action actor. Although he used more doubles than the other actors, he was also the most difficult actor to shoot.

At the finale banquet, both Bao Shengming and Yan Xiaoyue put on sunscreen while filming, and the color on their faces was still visible to the naked eye.

The same is true for Chen Jingxing, every rehearsal, every scene, can he, the director, stay safely indoors?

The leading actors of "Matrix III" didn't get the script, so Yan Xiaoyue and others didn't know if there were such big scenes of low-level martial arts action scenes in the third script.

"Don't worry, there will definitely be your action scenes, but there will be no such difficult scenes." Chen Jingxing pointed to Lu Hongzhe at the side, and comforted him: "The last one is the stage of our savior."

The big scene of "Matrix III" is the sci-fi battle of Huaxu Kingdom resisting the machine attack, and the decisive battle between the savior and the man in black.

Lu Hongzhe also complained after hearing the words: "Actually, I quite like to shoot this kind of low-martial car chase and fight scenes. They are so handsome. My fighting scenes are really embarrassing."

"I don't know how to be blessed when I am blessed." Both Yan Xiaoyue and Bao Shengming gave Lu Hongzhe a blank look.

Although the male protagonist in "Matrix II" has the biggest action scenes, they are basically special effects. The actors are really awkward when acting. No matter how strong the sense of belief is, sometimes embarrassment is inevitable, and often they don't even know what they are acting.

In Lv Hongzhe's eyes, even though the real road car chase and fight scene can't see the final effect and don't know what the editing will look like, he can still feel handsome and exciting with the naked eye.

"I can't wait for the day when the movie comes out."

"You want to see how handsome you look?"

"Look at what you said, what is pretending to be a b, this is called testing the fruits of your labor..."

Although other actors were teasing Lu Hongzhe, as the leading actor in the movie, the savior is indeed the image of the king of kings in the script, but Lu Hongzhe's words still made them all agree.

The more difficult the process, the more precious the fruit will be.

On the Internet, there are many concerns about "Matrix II" in the media. After all, in the history of China, the quality of sequels is very worrying.

Even with the famous "Tang Detective" series, the second part is much worse than the first part in terms of word of mouth.

The first part of "The Matrix" is really amazing, whether it is an action drama or a sci-fi concept, it has reached the extreme, and the male protagonist has become a superhuman character in the matrix at the end of the film.

Can the second part still have such exciting and exciting fighting scenes as in the first part?Can the plot still reach the level of the first part?
This kind of worry is not unfounded at all, and it is even quite reasonable. Even the three words Chen Jingxing cannot make people believe without thinking.

As for the actors, who knew the script, they naturally didn't have any concerns about "Matrix II", let alone went through such a difficult filming process. The more difficult the process, the sweeter the fruit.

Lu Hongzhe, Yan Xiaoyue and other leading actors have even more confidence in this sequel movie than the director Chen Jingxing.

After attending the wrap-up banquet of "Matrix II", Chen Jingxing also devoted himself to the promotion of another movie non-stop.

"Matrix II" is still far away from its release, but "The Martian" will soon meet audiences in many countries and regions, including Huaguo.

(End of this chapter)